Strong, who is now well-known for her Melania Trump impression, hosted the dinner just months before Donald Trump announced his surprise presidential bid. But to most viewers watching at home on C-SPAN, 'Meow.'" So, to some viewers watching at home on C-SPAN, hello. She also skewed C-SPAN, which aired the event: "Tonight’s event is being broadcast on C-SPAN. "Whenever a big story breaks, I can turn to CNN and watch Anthony Bourdain eat a cricket," she said. In the same year that then-President Barack Obama introduced his Anger Translator, played by Key and Peele’s Keegan-Michael Key, Saturday Night Live star Cecily Strong led the night with scathing critiques of the media, including CNN.
In honor of Wolf’s hosting gig, we are highlighting the four trailblazing female comedians who have hosted the dinner before her. “He's terrible,” she said, “because you can't joke a joke."
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Wolf seemed unfazed. For the second year in a row, President Trump has elected not to attend the event - a break from past presidents. Wolf, who in December put out her HBO comedy special Michelle Wolf: Nice Lady, will be following the work of her Daily Show colleague Hasan Minhaj, who hosted last year. Although the event has existed since 1921, only in 1962 did female journalists gain the right to attend - in large part through the efforts of reporting legend Helen Thomas, who pushed President Kennedy to pressure the event organizers into changing their rules. The annual dinner, put on by White House journalists, was not always a welcoming space for women.
When The Daily Show's Michelle Wolf hosts the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner on April 28, she will become only the fifth woman to do so.
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